Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-02-21

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 21
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
49 vs last sale 58 88 vs year ago 19 · +463.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
27 vs last sale 119 41 vs year ago 187 · 21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 5.00 higher and slaughter heifers 3.00 higher with active buyer participation and good high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers had a light offering today and trending lower. Cows had instances of higher/lower with good value on high dressing breaker cows and bulls 8.00 to 12.00 higher this week. All classes of feeder calves were sharply higher with a good offering of fancy type feeders on all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.48/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$155.48
66 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575156.1589865
Medium and Large 2595112.006661thin
One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about $231 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale66 hd
155.48
IN average3 barns · 191 hd
151.95
+3.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullocksAverage1,420126.501,7961thin
BullsAverage1,582109.531,7338thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49088.791,32342
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20262.267495thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average75041.003081thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,275120.001,5301thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,540114.001,7561thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,300163.342,12317
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,178151.961,79011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,073141.011,5133thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,375121.501,6711thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,257114.331,4373thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,400165.052,31120
SteersChoiceAverage1,160139.921,6232thin
SteersSelectAverage1,260101.001,2731thin

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy474169.69/cwt168.00–178.008046
BullsMedium and Large 1670146.00/cwt146.00–146.009781
BullsMedium and Large 1445164.00/cwt164.00–164.007301
BullsMedium and Large 1540161.00/cwt161.00–161.008691
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy582159.00/cwt159.00–159.009253
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy620154.00/cwt154.00–154.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1695159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1051
SteersMedium and Large 1387171.00/cwt171.00–171.006622
SteersMedium and Large 1715157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 1265131.00/cwt131.00–131.003471
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy570185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0555
HeifersMedium and Large 1950111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1436162.85/cwt161.00–164.007105
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy387187.00/cwt187.00–187.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy736166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2228
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy508179.00/cwt179.00–179.009092
SteersMedium and Large 1903149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3455
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full595112.00/cwt112.00–112.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1483152.76/cwt150.00–161.007384
HeifersMedium and Large 1525155.00/cwt155.00–155.008141
HeifersMedium and Large 1555157.00/cwt157.00–157.008713
HeifersMedium and Large 1732147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,07626
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy417173.37/cwt165.00–174.0072314
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy345168.00/cwt168.00–168.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1320141.00/cwt141.00–141.004511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy553165.00/cwt165.00–165.009125
HeifersMedium and Large 1605155.00/cwt155.00–155.009382
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500175.00/cwt175.00–175.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350163.00/cwt163.00–163.005711
Bulls1,820103.90/cwt101.00–106.001,8913
Bulls1,439112.90/cwt108.00–115.001,6255
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15358.95/cwt55.00–65.006804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40075.50/cwt75.50–75.501,0571
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44381.98/cwt75.50–86.501,18315
CowsLean 85-90%75041.00/cwt41.00–41.003081
SteersSelect1,260101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2731
SteersChoice1,160139.92/cwt135.50–144.501,6232
SteersPrime1,400165.05/cwt161.00–166.002,31120
Dairy SteersChoice1,540114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7561
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,275120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5301
Bullocks1,420126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,7961
HeifersSelect1,375121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,6711
HeifersStandard1,257114.33/cwt110.00–118.501,4373
HeifersChoice1,073141.01/cwt140.50–142.001,5133
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51692.57/cwt87.00–101.501,40327
HeifersPrime1,300163.34/cwt162.00–164.502,12317
HeifersChoice and Prime1,178151.96/cwt146.00–156.001,79011

How this sale compares

Indiana weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Indiana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.